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BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EC96-2-003, et al.] Public Service Company of Colorado, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings July 29, 2004. The following filings have been made with the Commission. The filings are listed in ascending order within each docket classification. 1. Public Service Company of Colorado and Southwestern Public Service Company [Docket Nos. EC96-2-003] Take notice that on July 20, 2004, Public Service Company of Colorado
(PSCo)and Southwestern Public Service Company
(SPS)submitted for Commission review a supplemental market power analysis which addresses the effects of a transmission interconnection that PSCo and SPS are constructing between their systems. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on September 17, 2004. 2. Allegheny Energy, Inc., Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC [Docket No. EC04-130-000] Take notice that on July 26, 2004, Allegheny Energy, Inc. (Allegheny) and Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC (AE Supply) (collectively, Applicants) filed an application for disposition of jurisdictional facilities under section 203 of the Federal Power Act. Applicants request Commission approval to sell to Buckeye Power Generating, LLC
(BPG)a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buckeye Power, Inc., an Ohio non-profit corporation, certain jurisdictional assets. The applicants have requested privileged treatment of certain agreements submitted in support of the application. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 16, 2004. 3. Pittsfield Generating Company, L.P. [Docket No. EC04-136-000] Take notice that on July 27, 2004, Pittsfield Generating Company, L.P. (Pittsfield) submitted an application pursuant to section 203 of the Federal Power Act for authorization of a disposition of jurisdictional facilities whereby Altresco, Inc. (Altresco) and Pittsfield Partners, Inc.
(PPI)will transfer their respective limited partner interests in Pittsfield to SFG CLA Pittsfield, LLC
(SFG)or its affiliated nominees and assignees. Pittsfield states that it is a public utility and exempt wholesale generator in Massachusetts, with a nominal capacity of 163 MW. Pittsfield requested privileged treatment of certain agreements pertaining to a settlement entered into by, among others, Pittsfield, SFG, Altresco, PPI, and General Electric Capital Corporation, pursuant to which the transfer of limited partner interests will occur. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 17, 2004. 4. White Pine Copper Refinery, Inc., White Pine Electric Power, L.L.C. [Docket Nos. EC04-137-000 and ER04-1047-000] Take notice that on July 27, 2004, White Pine Copper Refinery, Inc. (White Pine Copper) and White Pine Electric Power, L.L.C. (White Pine Electric) (collectively, the Applicants), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for authorization under sections 203 and 205 of the Federal Power Act to transfer, by a sale of assets for nominal amount, market based rate authority and certain jurisdictional facilities, to establish rate schedule and to cancel rate schedule. White Pine Copper seeks approval for an intra-corporate transfer of jurisdictional facility assets to White Pine Electric. The Applicant states that transfer of assets is related to White Pine Copper's concurrent disposition to White Pine Electric of three coal-fired steam-turbine generating units located in White Pine, MI, capable of delivering a total of 60 MW. Additionally, White Pine Electric seeks approval of its market-based rate tariff in order to make wholesale electric power and energy sales. Lastly, White Pine Copper seeks approval to cancel its market-based tariff, approved in Docket No. ER04-262-000, by letter order dated January 1, 2004. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 17, 2004. 5. White Pine Electric Power, L.L.C. [Docket No. EG04-87-000] Take notice that on July 27, 2004, White Pine Electric Power, L.L.C. (White Pine), P.O. Box 695, 1 Willow Road, White Pine, MI 49971, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to part 365 of the Commission's regulations and section 32(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. White Pine states that it is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware that will be engaged directly and exclusively in the business of owning and/or operating eligible facilities in the United States and selling electric energy at wholesale. White Pine states that it proposes to operate three 20 MW coal-fired steam-turbines, in an electric generating facility located in White Pine, Michigan. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 17, 2004. 6. Public Service Company of Colorado [Docket No. ER03-971-005] Take notice that, on July 26, 2004, Public Service Company of Colorado (PS Colorado) tendered for filing revised power sales agreements with Holy Cross Electric Association, Inc., Yampa Valley Electric Association, Inc., Grand Valley Rural Power Lines, Inc., the Town of Julesburg, Colorado, the City of Burlington, Colorado and the Town of Center, Colorado in compliance with the Commission's order issued February 27, 2004, in Docket No. ER03-971-000, *et al.* PS Colorado states that the revised agreements are a result of settlements between them and these wholesale customers. PS Colorado states that copies of the filing were served on parties on the official service list in the above-captioned proceeding, as well as on the Colorado Public Utility Commission. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 16, 2004. 7. Sierra Pacific Resources Operating Companies [Docket No. ER03-1328-002] Take notice that on July 26, 2004 Sierra Pacific Resources Operating Companies
(SPR)submitted a refund report in compliance with the Commission's order issued July 8, 2004, in Docket No. ER03-1328-000, 108 FERC ¶ 61,023. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 16, 2004. 8. PacifiCorp [Docket No. ER04-767-002] Take notice that on July 26, 2004, PacifiCorp, submitted a compliance filing pursuant to the Commission's order issued June 25, 2004, in Docket No. ER04-767-000, 107 FERC ¶ 61,318. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 16, 2004. 9. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. [Docket No. ER04-1039-000] Take notice that on July 23, 2004, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), submitted for filing an executed interconnection service agreement among PJM, National Institute of Health, and Potomac Electric Power Company designated as Original Service Agreement No. 1049 under PJM's FERC Electric Tariff Sixth Revised Volume No. 1. PJM requests an effective date of June 23, 2004. PJM states that copies of this filing were served upon the parties to the agreement and the State regulatory commissions within the PJM region. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 13, 2004. 10. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. [Docket No. ER04-1040-000] Take notice that on July 23, 2004, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), submitted for filing an executed interim interconnection service agreement
(ISA)among PJM, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc. and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company designated Original Service Agreement No. 1050 under PJM's FERC Electric Tariff Sixth Revised Volume No. 1. PJM requests an effective date of June 23, 2004. PJM states that copies of this filing were served upon the parties to the agreement and the State regulatory commissions within the PJM region. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 13, 2004. 11. NorthWestern Corporation [Docket No. ES04-43-000] Take notice that on July 26, 2004, NorthWestern Corporation (NorthWestern) submitted an application pursuant to section 204 of the Federal Power Act seeking authorization to issue:
(1)Debt comprised of a senior secured credit facility in an amount up to $250 million and senior secured notes in an amount up to $350 million, which, collectively, will be secured by up to $600 million of first mortgage bonds; and
(2)up to 35.5 million shares of common stock. NorthWestern also requests a waiver from the Commission's competitive bidding and negotiated placement requirements at 18 CFR 34.2. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on August 6, 2004. Standard Paragraph Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “Filing” link at *http://www.ferc.gov* . Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-1731 Filed 8-4-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OW-2004-0015, FRL-7798-1] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; “Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund Program,” EPA ICR Number 1391.07, OMB Control Number 2040-0118 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request
(ICR)to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 11/30/04. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 4, 2004. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2004-0015, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to *OW-DOCKET@EPA.gov* , or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, [Office of Water Docket, Mail Code-4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford Yee, Office of Wastewater Management, Mail Code, 4204M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-0598; fax number: 202-501-2403; e-mail address: *yee.clifford@EPA.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID number OW-2004-0015, which is available for public viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is
(202)566-1744, and the telephone number for the Water Docket is
(202)566-2426. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at *http://www.epa.gov/edocket* . Use EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select “search,” then key in the docket ID number identified above. Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within 60 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, *see* EPA's **Federal Register** notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to *http://www.epa.gov./edocket* . *Affected entities:* Entities potentially affected by this action are State and Local Government officials. *Title:* Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund Program (OMB Control No. 2040-0118; EPA ICR No. 1391.06) expiring 11/30/04. *Abstract:* The Clean Water Act, as amended by “The Water Quality Act of 1987” (U.S.C. 1381-1387 *et seq.* ), created a Title VI which authorizes grants to States for the establishment of State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds (SRFs). The information collection activities will occur primarily at the program level through the State “Intended Use Plan” and “Annual Report”. The information is needed annually to implement section 606 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The 1987 Act declares that water pollution control revolving funds shall be administered by an instrumentality of the State subject to the requirements of the act. This means that each State has a general responsibility for administering its revolving fund and must take on certain specific responsibilities in carrying out its administrative duties. The information collection activities will occur primarily at the program level through the State Intended Use Plan and Annual Report. The information is needed annually to implement section 606 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Act requires the information to ensure national accountability, adequate public comment and review, fiscal integrity and consistent management directed to achieve environmental benefits and results. The individual information collections are:
(1)Capitalization Grant Application and Agreement/State Intended Use Plan,
(2)Annual Report,
(3)State Annual Audit, and
(4)Application for SRF Financial Assistance.
(1)*Capitalization Grant Application and Agreement/State Intended Use Plan:* The State will prepare a Capitalization Grant application that includes an Intended Use Plan
(IUP)outlining in detail how it will use all the funds available to the fund. The grant agreement contains or incorporates by reference the IUP, application materials, payment schedule, and required assurances. The bulk of the information is provided in the IUP, the legal agreement which commits the State and EPA to execute their responsibilities under the Act.
(2)*Annual Report:* The State must agree to complete and submit an annual Report that indicates how the State has met the goals and objectives of the previous fiscal year as stated in the IUP and grant agreement. The report provides information on loan recipients, loan amounts, loan terms, project categories, and similar data on other forms of assistance. The report describes the extent to which the existing SRF financial operating policies, alone or in combination with other State financial assistance programs, will provide for the long term fiscal health of the Fund and carry out other provisions specified in the grant operating agreement.
(3)*Annual Audit:* Most States have agreed to conduct or have conducted a separate financial audit of the Capitalization Grant which will provide opinions on the financial statements, and a report on the internal controls and compliance with program requirements. The remaining States will be covered by audits conducted under the requirements of the Single Audit Act and by EPA's Office of Inspector General.
(4)*Application for SRF Financial Assistance:* Local communities and other eligible entities have to prepare and submit applications for SRF assistance to their respective State Agency which manages the SRF program. The State reviews the completed loan applications, and verifies that the proposed projects will comply with applicable Federal and State requirements. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i)Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii)Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii)Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(iv)Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, *e.g.* , permitting electronic submission of responses. Burden Statement: The information collection will involve about an estimated 2,805 respondents per year, with about 2,754 average annual responses per year. The time required for the responses will vary depending on the respondent, but the total average annual number of hours requested is estimated to be about 339,405 hours. The total average annual respondent (State and Local) cost is estimated to be about $6,830,850. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Dated: July 29, 2004. Jane Moore, Deputy Director, Office of Wastewater Management. [FR Doc. 04-17883 Filed 8-4-04; 8:45 am]
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